An Introduction to Thermal Physics
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Chapter 3.1, Problem 5P
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The formula for the energy as a function of temperature to obtained
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question of how much S increases when another particle carrying no energy
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Problem 3.
A pendulum is formed by suspending a mass m from the
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1
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An Introduction to Thermal Physics
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